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A46959 Purgatory prov'd by miracles collected out of Roman-Catholick authors : with some remarkable histories relating to British, English, and Irish saints : with a preface concerning the miracles. Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703. 1688 (1688) Wing J837; ESTC R11404 43,137 48

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